bantiti

Kavalan

Noun

bantiti

  1. play; stageplay

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 慢遲遲 / 慢迟迟 (bān tî-tî, “sluggishly slow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /banˈtitiʔ/ [bɐn̪ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -itiʔ
    • IPA(key): /bantiˈtiʔ/ [bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪʔ] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: ban‧ti‧ti

Noun

bantitì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. delay; withholding
    Synonym: antala
  2. hesitation; doubt
    Synonyms: pag-uurong-sulong, pag-aalinlangan
  3. falling of liquid in small drops

Adjective

bantitî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. hesitant; irresolute
    Synonyms: atubili, alinlangan, bantulot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).[2] Possibly related to etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bantiˈtiʔ/ [bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: ban‧ti‧ti

Noun

bantitî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. stage play
Derived terms
  • bantitian
  • bantitiin
  • magbantiti

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
  2. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 41

Further reading

  • “bantiti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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